Monthly Archives: November 2011

Bold New Directions?

Avengers Academy 21, New rules

I wonder if in years to come, we will look back at 2011 and consider it to be a great year for change within the comics industry? Or have we had quite enough changes already so far, thank you very much? The DC Universe rebooted itself (again), just the one Earth this time. I think.  Thor died, though he might have done that before, and he’s certainly not the only one. The Human Torch died (yeah, right) and the Richards started employing super-villains while becoming a children’s home. The Avengers were re-legalised, destroyed, rebuilt, destroyed, had another go at training youngsters, and the X-Men schismed into two factions. Sure, and Read more »

Art Deco Superhero Posters

Art Deco Superhero Posters

Superheroes have been portrayed in every possible light, with artists even creating mashups of superheroes and Angry Birds. We have also seen the superhero-asterisk combination, not to mention a grandma living her superhero dream. Just when I thought that I would not see anything new and interesting about superhero art any time soon, I discovered the work of Grégoire Guillemin, a French artist. One of his collections feature superhero posters which are inspired by art deco, the artistic/design style that has its roots in Paris. If you know next to zilch about art deco (like me), this description from Wikipedia should help. Art Deco is characterized by use of materials Read more »

NASA: The TRACTOR BEAM will soon become reality

NASA: The TRACTOR BEAM will soon become reality

We are truly living in the age of tomorrow. Making leaps from the Internet, touch screens and human computing, human civilization is moving on to the next phase of technology — defying the laws of physics even more. As technology gets even better, science fiction such as Star Trek serve as pegs for the reality. The tricorder is today’s smartphone, voice commands are in computers and mobile phones, touch screens are everywhere … so now it’s time to look at the more astounding “macro” uses of technology. Last week we were made aware that levitation is now possible (hello hover bikes, hover boards and gravitational plates). It’s possible because of Read more »

Awesome Halloween Get Ups

Heidi Klum Anatomy Costume

So Halloween is over and done with, and I have read/heard a handful of people breathe a sigh of relief because of this. For those of you who cannot get enough of Halloween, though, here is one last post for this year. I don’t know about you, but I get a kick out of seeing photos of awesome Halloween costumes/makeup. The creativity and patience of these people deserve to be hailed and documented, don’t you think? Game of Thrones Costumes With Game of Thrones being the most popular fantasy series these days, it was inevitable that people would go as one of the many characters in the story. Over at Read more »

Top 10 Strong Reasons You Should Date a Geek Girl

Top 10 Strong Reasons You Should Date a Geek Girl

In this modernized world, every boy and girl wants to have a wonderful dating experience. In their daily life, they come across numerous people to whom they feel attracted and feel that that person is the perfect one to satisfy all their expectations. Planning a date with them should be perfect and done in a clever way to have a successful dating experience. In this context dating with geeks is best as they are chic and they do not need to hide their obsession for nerdy habits. It is easy to express it confidently with them. You just need some confidence, as it will enhance your persona. If you are Read more »

30 Interesting Geeky Quotes And Sayings

30 Interesting Geeky Quotes And Sayings

Geek is a slang term which has different meanings, but the word is usually used for a peculiar and dislikable person, or the one who perceive to be highly intellectual. However the definition of geek has changed over time and not there is not any definitive meaning of the word geek. Many words like gump, spod, dork, dweeb, gimp, and nerd could be used to describe a geek. Everybody chose a different connotation to describe a geek. As far as it is about geek quotes, it means nerd and humorous quotes. These are the quotes based on the geeks or geek culture. Geek humor is the category of humor which Read more »